Discussions Ways you know you've been reading/writing too much SW...

How can you know you've been delving a bit too deep into SW, whether by reading or writing too much of it or something else. Can be things that might happen or things that actually did happen.

I'll start - When in normal real life situations you mentally swear with "sithspawn." (Actually done that twice, fortunately not out loud!)

 

When I wake up and think now where is my lightsaber

 

Now I've mentally used SIthspawn a third time...

 

I have also said Son of a murglak

 

When I look at a compass that reads SW (South West) and instead automatically see the abbreviation for Star Wars instead.

 

When you daydream about scenes for stories you're writing...

 

When you think the SW marriage name change convention of "wife drops middle name, changes last name to middle name, and takes husband's last name as new last name, then goes by all three names when would normally go by first-last" would be a great thing to adapt in real life. But really, it kind of does seem better and more equitable than the current system, doesn't it...

 

I almost expect the introduction credit crawl to pop up in the night sky while driving.

 

When things you hear or situations in RL inspire the thought: "Such and such character would say or do that."

 

I read both of the new Thrawn trilogies back to back last year and found myself looking at random art when I was out in public like "how could I use this to learn how to attack this Wendy's" or whatever

 

When your dog is misbehaving, and you say "don't do that..." in the same tone of voice as Luke does to Yoda on Dagobah.

 

^ I'm more likely to say, "You're making a mess."

 

When you habitually say kriffing in your mind when something bad happens

 

I call my money credits sometimes

 

When I wrote papers in grad school, I used to amuse myself by innocuously slipping references to Star Wars dialogue in them. Not sharing one's optimistic appraisal of a situation. Keeping one's distance, but not looking like one was keeping one's distance. Etc.

One of my best friends is a lawyer, and apparently he does the same thing during courtroom arguments. Though he also slips in Tolkien references for diversity's sake.

 

When you're at work and you misplace a few things in the wrong place, and you mutter to yourself, "no, no, no, no...this one goes here...that one goes there..."

 

When im nervous i say in my mind let the Force guide me even though it sounds silly